Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
| Maple Creek Wazíȟe wakpa | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| Motto: "Where Past Is Present" | |
  Maple Creek Location of Maple Creek in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 49°33′N 109°17′W / 49.55°N 109.28°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 4 |
| Rural Municipality | Maple Creek No. 111 |
| Established | 1882 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1896 |
| Incorporated (Town) | April 30, 1903 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Barry Rudd |
| • Town Manager | Michele Schmidt |
| • Governing body | Maple Creek Town Council |
| • MP | David L. Anderson |
| • MLA | Wayne Elhard |
| Area | |
| • Land | 4.42 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,176 |
| • Density | 492.1/km2 (1,275/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 1N0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways |
Highway 21 Highway 271 Highway 724 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific |
| Website | Town of Maple Creek |
| [2][3] | |
Maple Creek (Assiniboine: Cąšúška wakpá, Wazíȟe wakpá, Wazíȟe wakpa [4]) is a town in Maple Creek Rural Municipality No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 2,176 at the 2011 Census.
The town is located 103 km southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 40 km north of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on Highway 21 and 8 km south of the Trans Canada Highway.
The administrative headquarters of the Nekaneet Cree First Nations band government is located 37 km southeast of Maple Creek.[5]
History
After the North-West Mounted Police had been established at Fort Walsh, settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The Department of the Interior was operating a First Nations farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from the present town site. In 1882-1883 the First Nations (mainly Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine) were moved to Qu'Appelle, and the farm was then operated by Major Shircliff, an ex-Mounted Policeman.
In the winter of 1882, a Canadian Pacific Railway construction crew of 12 decided to winter where the town of Maple Creek now stands. This marked the establishment of Maple Creek.
In June 2010, a flood submerged most of the town. The same flood hit much of southwest Saskatchewan and southern Alberta and even destroyed a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Heritage sites
There are two designated municipal heritage Properties in Maple Creek:
- The W. R. Orr Heritage Building was constructed in 1910 and over its history it has housed the Union Bank of Canada; W.R. Orr Law Office; Royal Bank of Canada; Bank of Montreal; Burnett & Orr Law Office.[6]
- The St. Mary's Anglican Church was constructed in 1909 in the Romanesque style. The church also contains a vestry, narthex and octagonal belfry with steeple that was added in 1928.[7]
Demographics
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| Population by ethnic origin, 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group[10] | Population | Percent |
| European | 1,780 | 81.8% |
| Other North American | 630 | 29% |
| First Nations | 140 | 6.4% |
| Métis | 50 | 2.3% |
| African | 25 | 1.1% |
| Latin, Central and South American | 20 | 0.9% |
| Asian | 15 | 0.7% |
| Total respondent population | 2175 | 100% |
Climate
With the exception of southwestern Alberta, winters in Maple Creek are typically warmer than those in the adjacent plain region of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, being a convergence point for Chinook winds originating along the Rocky Mountain Front. The mean maximum temperature in January 2006 was 5.3 °C for the Maple Creek townsite, compared to 5.0 °C for Calgary and 4.7 °C for Medicine Hat.
| Climate data for Maple Creek | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
38.9 (102) |
43.3 (109.9) |
37.8 (100) |
32.2 (90) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
43.3 (109.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.4 (13.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.9 (66) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.9 (48) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.7 (−43.1) |
−41.0 (−41.8) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−22.8 (−9) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−25.0 (−13) |
−34.0 (−29.2) |
−42.8 (−45) |
−42.8 (−45) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.2 (0.795) |
14.8 (0.583) |
21.2 (0.835) |
28.7 (1.13) |
48.1 (1.894) |
63.2 (2.488) |
47.5 (1.87) |
38.3 (1.508) |
35.0 (1.378) |
21.2 (0.835) |
19.6 (0.772) |
21.5 (0.846) |
379.3 (14.933) |
| Source: Environment Canada[11] | |||||||||||||
Attractions
- Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located north-west of Robsart. It is Canada's first and only interprovincial park.
- Cypress Hills Vineyard & Winery[12]
- Fort Walsh, a reconstructed North-West Mounted Police fort and part of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. As a National Historic Site of Canada the area possesses national historical significance. It was established as a NWMP fort after and near the location of the Cypress Hills Massacre.
- Grasslands National Park, represents the Prairie Grasslands natural region, protecting one of the nation's few remaining areas of undisturbed dry mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie grassland. The park is located in the WWF-defined Northern short grasslands ecoregion, which spans across much of Southern Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta, and the northern Great Plains states in the USA. The unique landscape and harsh, semi-arid climate provide niches for several specially adapted plants and animals. The park and surrounding area house the country's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Other rare and endangered fauna that can be found in the park include the pronghorn, sage grouse, burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk, prairie rattlesnake, black-footed ferret and eastern short-horned lizard. Flora includes blue grama grass, needlegrass, Plains Cottonwood and silver sagebrush.
- Robsart Art Works, opens July 1 to August 28, 2010, from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment and features Saskatchewan artists featuring photographers of old buildings and towns throughout Saskatchewan.[13]
- T.rex Discovery Centre, a world class facility to house the fossil record of the Eastend area started many years before the discovery of "Scotty" the T.Rex in 1994.[14]
Education
The Sidney Street School [15] and the Maple Creek Composite School [16] serve the local community.
Great Plains College operates a satellite campus in Maple Creek.
Notable people
- Barry Dean - Former NHL Player
- Zack Smith - Current NHL Player for the Ottawa Senators
See also
References
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ↑ "AISRI Dictionary Database Search--prototype version. Assiniboine. "Montana"". Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ↑ http://fhqtc.com/member-first-nation/nekaneet/
- ↑ http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/2848.pdf Saskatchewan Register of Heritage Property W. R. Orr Heritage Building
- ↑ http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/124.pdf Saskatchewan Register of Heritage Property St. Mary's Anglican Church
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ↑ "NHS Profile, Maple Creek, T, Saskatchewan, 2011 (The sum of the ancestries in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ancestry (ethnic origin) in the National Household Survey.)". 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
- ↑ Environment Canada—Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000, accessed 27 July 2012
- ↑ Cypress Hills Vineyard & Winery
- ↑ Robsart Art Works
- ↑ T.rex Discovery Centre
- ↑ http://schools.chinooksd.ca/sidney/
- ↑ http://schools.chinooksd.ca/mcchs/
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| Walsh, Alberta |  |
Gull Lake Swift Current | ||
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| Fort Walsh Consul |
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Vidora |
Robsart |
External links
Coordinates: 49°55′N 109°28′W / 49.917°N 109.467°W
